Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
व्यालग्राही यथा व्यालं बलादुद्धरते बिलात । एवमुत्क्रम्य दूतेभ्यः पतिं स्वर्गं नयेत्सती
vyālagrāhī yathā vyālaṃ balāduddharate bilāta | evamutkramya dūtebhyaḥ patiṃ svargaṃ nayetsatī
যেমন সাপুড়ে জোর করে সাপকে গর্ত থেকে টেনে তোলে, তেমনই সती পতিব্রতা যমদূতদের প্রতিহত করে স্বামীকে স্বর্গে নিয়ে যায়।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience
Scene: A virtuous wife stands firm before dark, fearsome Yama-messengers; with radiant resolve she pulls her husband away from their grasp like a snake-charmer drawing a serpent from a hole.
FAQs
Pativratā-dharma is portrayed as spiritually protective, capable of overcoming fearful forces and elevating the family.
The immediate focus is ethical-mahātmya (pativratā’s power) within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa, not a named tīrtha in this verse.
No ritual is described; it is a dharmic ideal illustrated through a vivid simile.